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SGI™ Linux® Environment 1.1with Red Hat® 6.0 Start HereDocument Number 007-4062-003

2Chapter 1: Software OverviewFeature OverviewThe SGI Linux Environment is a full featured UNIX-like operating system. It addsfunctionalitytotheRedHatL

Feature Overview3The manageability ofthe releasehas beenimprovedby integrating anumber of publiclyavailable kernel patches, such as:• Stephen Tweedie’

4Chapter 1: Software OverviewTohelp alleviate this problem,StephenTweedie ofRedHat developed a mechanism thatallows disk I/O directly to a buffer in t

Feature Overview5Large Physical Memory SupportLarge amounts of physical memory coupled with the ability to create large(multi-gigabyte) shared memory

6Chapter 1: Software OverviewFastgettimeofday Library FunctionIn order to correctly order operations in a database, the database must timestamp dataan

Feature Overview7NFSThe following NFS functionality has been added to the 1.1 release:• NFS version 3client andserver support.SGI Linux Environment 1.

8Chapter 1: Software OverviewCrash FunctionalityThe following changes have been made to the Linux crash utility, which are explainedbriefly below. Gene

Feature Overview9Patches, Configuration Options, Commands, and LibrariesThe following list describes patches implemented and enhancements to configurati

10Chapter 1: Software Overview• QLogic 1080/1280 SCSI• QLogic 2100 Fibre Channel• Alteon and SGI Gigabit EthernetThe SGI LinuxEnvironment works withot

Changes and Additions11– lockstat 1.0 (spinlock metering analysis)– sard 0.2 (disk activity statistics/analysis)– sgi-logos 1.0. (SGI Logos)– sgi-extr

SGI™ Linux® Environment 1.1 with Red Hat® 6.0 Start HereDocument Number 007-4062-003© 1999, Silicon Graphics, Inc.— All Rights ReservedThecontentsoft

12Chapter 1: Software Overviewgnome-core 1.0.7 netscape-common 4.6gnome-core-devel 1.0.7 netscape-communicator 4.6gnome-games 1.0.2 netscape-navigator

13Chapter 22. Quick Configuration and Installation InstructionsThis chapter provides instructions for configuring the SGI Linux operating system thatcom

14Chapter 2: Quick Configuration and Installation InstructionsNote: Linux can use automated power management (APM) on single-CPU systems butnot on SMP

Configuring Linux15Note: Manyseconds pass beforethe screenchanges. Do notrepeatedlypresstheTabor Enterkeys, or you willskip forward several screens, b

16Chapter 2: Quick Configuration and Installation Instructions14. Using the down arrow key, move to “Name Server 1.” Delete the default name using th

Changing Linux Kernels17A few seconds pass before the next prompt appears:If you wish to perform further configuration of this machine, typethe comman

18Chapter 2: Quick Configuration and Installation Instructionsnot exist, the first paragraph is the default boot kernel. To change the default, eitherc

Upgrading the SGI Linux Environment19Beforepoweringonthe machine,locatetheF2key.Within afewsecondsofpoweringon,you are prompted to press the F2 key. I

20Chapter 2: Quick Configuration and Installation Instructions Press F2 for Setup Configuration. Press Enter to invoke “Save Configuration Changes and

iiiContentsList of Tables vAbout This Guide vii1. Software Overview 1Feature Overview 2Performance Improvements 3Raw I/O Path Changes

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viiAbout This GuideThis document provides information about the SGI Linux Environment 1.1 release. It isdivided into two chapters:• Chapter 1, “Softwa

1Chapter 11. Software OverviewThis chapter provides a short introduction to the SGI Linux Environment and describesits features.The errata thatdescrib